DPP to blame for international exclusion of Taiwan, official says

A central government spokesman said that Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party should take full responsibility for the island's absence from the World Health Assembly this year.

An Fengshan, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, made the remark on Monday in regard to the WHA meeting set for Geneva, Switzerland, on May 22.

The closing for the international meeting's online registration was Monday, but Taiwan did not receive an invitation.